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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Build it and they will stay” would be wise policy with today’s growing number of elderly and disabled people who want to remain in their own homes, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Higher gas and food prices, continued declines in housing prices and last month’s large increase in unemployment caused Florida’s consumer confidence to plummet six points in June to 57, its all-time low record in the index’s 25-year history, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have explored the first fork in the developmental road, getting a new look at what happens when fertilized eggs differentiate to build either an embryo or a placenta.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mountain building may occur in faster fits and spurts than previously realized, according to a new study tracking the uplift of a central portion of the massive Andes Mountains in South America.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — How do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats? Scientists have long suspected that the answer to the so-called “French paradox” lies in red wine. Now, the results of a new study bring them closer to understanding why.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Desperately needed as youth mentors, some men are answering the call despite negative publicity about male transgressions that can keep them at arm’s length from children and teenagers, says a University of Florida researcher and author of a new book.

Vasudha Narayanan, a distinguished professor of Hinduism, wrote a perspective on the film “The Love Guru” for the Associated Press. It was published June 23 in the International Herald-Tribune and other newspapers.

A Sustainability Week will be held in University of Florida Graduate and Family Housing apartment complexes, June 2 through June 5. The week will be sponsored by the UF Department of Housing and Residence Education Graduate and Family Housing Office and the Mayors’ Council — a student government group within Graduate and Family Housing.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Governor Charlie Crist last week announced the members of the fourth class of the Gubernatorial Fellowship Program. Students participating in the program will gain first-hand experience into how state government operates.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It was 1971 when Seigfred Fagerberg said hello to the University of Florida’s College of Health and Human Performance. About 60,000 students, more than 1,000 recommendations, 25 courses and 11 college textbooks later, Fagerberg is saying goodbye.

Linda Serra Hagedorn, professor and chairwoman of educational administration and policy, was quoted in a June 16 Inside Higher Ed story about changes to allow more of Florida’s community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees.

Win Phillips, vice president for research, wrote a June 22 column in The Miami Herald about renewable energy initiatives in Florida. The column was edited and pitched by the UF News Bureau’s Op-Ed Service.

Psychologist Ilan Shrira was quoted in a June 10 Montreal Gazette story about his research into the potential adverse health effect of visiting the South’s “stroke buckle.” The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.

Former Gov. Bob Graham wrote a June 30 column in the Palm Beach Post about the state’s purchase of 200,000 acres of farmland from U.S. Sugar Corp. to improve water flow for the Everglades. Graham, also a former U.S. senator, founded the Graham Center for Public Service at UF.

A patent application for a tiny, plasma-propelled “flying saucer” invented by aerospace engineering professor Subrata Roy was the subject of a June 16 Popular Mechanics story. Dubbed a “winged electromagnetic air vehicle,” or WEAV, the battery-powered prototype was featured in numerous publications and was the result of a News Bureau release.

Chris McCarty, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research’s survey research center, was quoted in a June 24 St. Petersburg Times story about the June consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It takes two talented performers to fill the “Blue Suede Shoes” of “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Mike Albert and Scot Bruce, together with the Big E Band, re-create the hits that made Elvis Presley one of the 20th Century’s most enduring and beloved icons in “Blue Suede Shoes (The Ultimate Tribute),” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 5 at the Phillips Center.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Almost as soon as recent University of Florida journalism graduate John Cox landed in San Francisco earlier this month, he started competing in the national Hearst Championships. After attending a dinner reception, he received his spot-news assignment and quickly hit the pavement.

International tax expert Gary McGill was quoted in a June 3 Wall Street Journal story about the struggles of the Pfizer Inc. company to pay its dividends. A link is unavailable because the Journal is by subscription only.